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Tiger Woods helped attract a record, raucous crowd to the Phoenix Open on Thursday, the first big event in a week that concludes with the Super Bowl. They didn't see much of a game — at least not from Woods. In his first appearance at TPC Scottsdale in 14 years — and only his second tournament in six months — Woods couldn't hit the green with three chip shots and was near the bottom of the leaderboard until two key shots on the back nine salvaged a two-over-par 73. He made eagle on the par-five 13th and a birdie on the par-four 17th when he drove the green. It was the first time in his career that Woods shot over par in his first round of the year. And he...

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They didn't see much of a game — at least not from Woods.
In his first appearance at TPC Scottsdale...

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